Showcase is Over

For a basketball junkie there is nothing better than watching four games a day, hanging out with general managers, scouts and reporters, and listening to everything that was going on in the NBA.

I was coming down the bleachers at the arena one day just before lunch and overheard a deal that was in the works. The recognizable GM who was on the phone was discussing the merits of a player and trying to sell the guy to someone on the other side. My guess is a Head Coach or President of the team. While I would put this particular GMs sales skills at about a 'C' the party line seemed to seal the deal; "Look we are bleeding, this needs to happen". Pretty convincing.

I stopped just long enough to get the basics but not long enough to be on the creepy side of eaves dropping. During a very busy time in the NBA, deals got done in Orem, Utah.

Our guys showed up and played. We managed to go 2 and 0 which makes us 4 and 0 in our showcase history. We'll take that.

Brandt Andersen